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TECH(?): can everyone write impeccably grammatical Lojban?



>  Date:        Wed, 23 Sep 1992 17:23:23 -0400
>  From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@EDU.COLUMBIA.CTR>
>
>  {zoi .gy. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs .gy.}

Actually, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".

>  is
>  grammatical Lojban, but then "He said, 'Ani holech l'beit ha-sefer.'" is
>  grammatical English, and equally unhelpful in getting accross the import of
>  what's quoted.

That "he" is going to the library?  Granted, it is not a very
sophisticated message, but it does come across.

Ivan